Hydrate and Thrive: The Importance of Minerals for Active Pets
Dogs and cats get dehydrated the same way we do—and like with humans, water isn’t always enough. It’s important to make sure your pets get enough electrolytes, especially after walks, playtime, exercise, and other physical activity.
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Hydrate and Thrive: The Importance of Minerals for Active Pets
Dogs and cats get dehydrated the same way we do—and like with humans, water isn’t always enough. It’s important to make sure your pets get enough electrolytes, especially after walks, playtime, exercise, and other physical activity.
November 26, 2025
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Beat the Screen Time Slump: Minerals for Eye Health, Energy, and Mood
Spending hours a day in front of a computer puts surprising stress on your eyes, muscles, and brain. If you work at a computer most of the day, you may want to consider a mineral replenishment. It can help prevent the downsides of prolonged screen time—so you stay energized and relaxed, even after hours staring at a screen.
November 17, 2025
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Electrolytes vs. Trace Minerals: What Your Body Actually Needs
You need more than electrolytes alone. To look, feel, and perform your best, you also need trace minerals. These micronutrients support many of your body’s essential processes, from metabolism to hormone production and more. Trace minerals are just as important as electrolytes if you want to keep your body running strong.
November 12, 2025
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The BEAM Minerals Holiday Gift Guide
Give the gift of wellbeing this holiday season. Surprise your loved ones with a BEAM Minerals Kit. Minerals are the perfect holiday gift. Almost everyone needs more of them—according to the CDC, 97% of American adults have at least one mineral deficiency. [*]
November 10, 2025
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Stuffing, Sugar & Stress? Minerals to the Rescue
The average person gains 2-5 pounds during the holiday season. Between rich food, tempting desserts, plentiful alcohol, and the stress of travel, the holidays are the worst time of year for staying fit. But there’s a simple way to beat holiday weight gain: get more minerals.
November 03, 2025
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Strengthen Your Immune System with Plant-Based Minerals
Minerals like zinc and selenium are essential for immune function. Deficiencies can make it hard to fight off illness—especially helpful during winter months, when short days and icy weather cause your immune function to slow down. Getting more minerals is a simple way to boost your immune system. Here’s a look at the best minerals to support immunity.
October 23, 2025
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Beyond the Brain: How Minerals Support Mental Health
If you struggle with mental health, you’re not alone. 20% of adults have a diagnosed mental health issue. [*]
October 03, 2025
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Supercharge Your Smoothies: The Power of Plant-Based Minerals
All our minerals are heat-stable and won’t be harmed by blending. Adding them to your cooking is a simple way to give any meal a nutrient boost.
September 25, 2025
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Age Gracefully: How Minerals Keep Your Skin Firm and Youthful
A high-quality mineral supplement is a great way to boost your dog’s immune function. The right minerals can help your dog fight off illness and stay healthy and happy. Minerals can also ease other immune issues, like allergies and joint pain.
September 18, 2025
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Stabilize Your Blood Sugar Naturally with Plant-Based Minerals
If you struggle with unstable blood sugar, minerals can help. Several minerals support blood sugar control, and supplementing with them is a great way to keep your blood glucose stable. Here’s the research on minerals and blood sugar, and how they can help you feel stable and energized all day.
September 09, 2025
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The Power of Humic: Inside the Science of Micro-BOOST™
Micro-BOOST™ is our plant-based, liquid mineral replenishment. What makes it better than a standard multimineral pill? There are two main benefits to Micro-BOOST™: full-spectrum mineral replenishment and gentle, effective detox.
September 01, 2025
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Electrolyze™ Explained: Bioavailable Electrolytes Backed by Nature
Electrolyze™ is our high-end liquid electrolyte replenishment. What sets it apart from the average electrolyte powder? The major benefit of Electrolyze™ is better bioavailability. Our electrolytes reach your cells within minutes, delivering hydration you can feel.
July 28, 2025
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Are Mineral Deficiencies Triggering Your Migraine Attacks?
If you suffer from migraines, a mineral supplement may help. A migraine is more than just a headache: it can cause nausea, sensitivity to light, and even visual hallucinations. A bad migraine attack can leave you bedbound for days.
July 21, 2025
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Stay Energized This Summer with Plant-Based Minerals
Did you know your mineral needs increase when it’s hot outside? It’s true: according to a 2013 study, your body uses ~40% more electrolytes on a daily basis during the summer, compared to the winter. [*]
July 07, 2025
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The Truth about Hydration: Why Water Isn’t Enough
A 2023 study found that about 26% of adults are clinically dehydrated, and many more of us are mildly dehydrated. [*] That may not sound important, but it’s a big deal if you want to perform your best. You’d be surprised how much even mild dehydration affects your physical and mental wellbeing.
June 16, 2025
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Why Your Gut Needs More Than Probiotics—It Needs Minerals!
Probiotics have become a staple in the gut health conversation—but they're only part of the story. If you want a truly thriving microbiome, your gut bacteria need something else that a lot of people overlook: an abundance of essential minerals.
May 30, 2025
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How Minerals Support Mood Balance
If you struggle with low or unstable mood, you're not alone. Mood problems are some of the most common mental health issues worldwide, affecting millions each year.
May 20, 2025
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ADHD in Adults: How Mineral Deficiencies Disrupt Brain Function
About 1 in 9 Americans has Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), making it one of the most common neurodivergent disorders in the United States. [*] ADHD can make it difficult to pay attention, especially for long periods of time. It can also cause a variety of other symptoms.
May 05, 2025
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The Secret to Better Focus: Plant-Based Minerals for Mental Clarity
Are you struggling with brain fog? Finding it difficult to concentrate on important tasks? Maybe you forget where you put your keys, or walk into a room and can’t remember why you were there.
April 28, 2025
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Got Food Cravings? Your Body Might Be Starving For Minerals
Cravings are often nutrient deficiencies in disguise. Researchers call it “hidden hunger”: you can eat enough calories, but if you aren’t meeting your mineral needs, you’ll still feel hungry and experience food cravings. [*] The reason is that several minerals regulate hunger signaling, and if you aren’t getting enough of them you’ll struggle to feel satisfied, no matter how much food you eat.
April 22, 2025
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Balancing Electrolytes: Key to Adrenal Support and Stress Management
Feeling constantly stressed or fatigued? You might be overlooking a crucial aspect of your health: electrolyte balance. Maintaining the right levels of electrolytes—especially minerals like sodium, potassium, and magnesium—is essential for adrenal function and effective stress management.
April 17, 2025
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Are Mineral Deficiencies Making Your Allergies Worse?
Springtime is often a relief after a long winter—but spring can also mean seasonal allergies. As flowers, trees, grasses, and other plants begin to grow again, airborne pollen levels increase. For a lot of people, that means sneezing, itching, asthma, watery eyes, and even hives as a result of spring allergies.
April 08, 2025
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Beat Stress Naturally with Mineral Support
Stress is a natural reaction to life’s challenges, and in the short term, it can actually be good for you. But when you’re stressed out daily for weeks or months, it takes a major toll on your health. This type of persistent stress is called chronic stress, and it could be from work, illness, relationships, past trauma, or any other source.
April 03, 2025
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Electrolyze™ vs. Salt-Based Electrolytes
If you work out regularly, it’s a good idea to take electrolytes. They’re the minerals that keep you hydrated and allow your muscles to function smoothly. Replenishing electrolytes enhances strength and muscle recovery, and is also good for preventing daytime fatigue.
March 31, 2025
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Restoring Nutrition: Upgrade Your Recipes with a Mineral Boost
Our food is less nutritious than it used to be. Thanks to commercial farming, most of today’s crops are bred to increase yield—the total amount of food farmers produce—without a matching increase in nutrients. As a result, modern produce is “watered down”—it has less nutrient density than it did 50 years ago.
March 16, 2025
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Mother Nature’s Janitor: Humic Mineral Complexes
Humic complexes (also called humic substances) are one of the most powerful natural detoxifiers in the world. They’re strong adsorbents, which means they grab onto toxins and pull them out of your body. You can use humic to remove a variety of hard-to-reach compounds, from mold to heavy metals to pesticides.
March 13, 2025
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Aging Gracefully: The Benefits of Minerals for Longevity
Did you know your mineral needs increase with age? People over 45 are at a higher risk of mineral deficiencies, [*][*] in part because you absorb fewer nutrients from food as you get older. [*]
March 11, 2025
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What Is Bioavailability?
We talk a lot about how BEAM Minerals are close to 100% bioavailable. But what does that actually mean? Here’s a quick guide to bioavailability and why it matters for supplements.
March 01, 2025
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What Are Colloidal Vs. Ionized Trace Minerals?
If you’re shopping for a trace mineral supplement, you’ll likely come across two types: colloidal and ionized. What’s the difference between the two? And which one is better?
February 24, 2025
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Intercellular Transport: How Fulvic Complexes Help You Absorb Minerals Better
Why do BEAM Minerals absorb so well? What sets them apart from the average mineral supplement? One of the big things is bioavailability—how quickly and completely you absorb the minerals you take.
February 12, 2025
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The Hidden Hunger: A Worldwide Epidemic
A 2022 study by the CDC found that virtually everyone has at least one mineral deficiency. [*] And it’s not just the United States: in industrialized countries worldwide, almost nobody meets their basic mineral requirements. More than 2 billion people in the developed world are considered severely mineral-deficient, [*] and mineral deficiencies account for about 10% of child deaths across the globe. [*]
January 08, 2025
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Recharge and Thrive: The Power of Minerals for a Healthy, Energized Year
The New Year is a good time to start a few healthy habits—and one of the best (and easiest!) additions to your day is a full-spectrum mineral supplement. According to the latest CDC research, 97% of American adults don’t get enough minerals [*]—which is a shame, because starting a mineral routine takes almost no effort. It’s 30 seconds out of your day and the payoff is huge for your wellbeing.
January 05, 2025
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Jumpstart Your Health Goals with Mineral Support
Are you setting any health goals this year? A lot of us do: whether it’s consistent exercise, more sleep, better diet, or something else, about 40% of people make health resolutions each year. [*]
January 01, 2025
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Survive The Holidays: Detox and Stay Energized with Minerals
The holidays are a time to celebrate. For many of us, that means alcohol, rich food, extra dessert, and a little more wear and tear on the body than usual. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. There’s more to life than perfect health, and sometimes it’s worthwhile to indulge a bit. But if you want to feel good while you’re indulging, minerals can help.
December 18, 2024
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The Difference Between Macro and Micro Minerals
The human body needs more than 70 different minerals to function. You can split them into two groups: macrominerals and microminerals. While they serve different functions, both macro and microminerals are important. Here’s a quick look at what each group does, and why you need both to function at your best.
December 12, 2024
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Holiday Travel Survival Kit: Stay Energized and Balanced On-the-Go
The holiday season is a stressful time. Travel, indulgent food, alcohol, in-laws—the holidays take a greater toll on your body than any other time of year. There’s also a good chance you’ll come back from the holidays ill. Cold and flu incidence increases dramatically in winter, and research shows airports and family gatherings are major vectors for illness. [*] And even if you evade sickness, you’ll likely return home feeling more depleted than rested.
November 25, 2024
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Feed Your Microbiome with Minerals
Minerals are one of the most overlooked contributors to a healthy gut. They help feed and support your microbiome, nurturing good bacteria and discouraging damaging bacteria.
November 18, 2024
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What Are Electrolytes and Why Do You Need Them?
Electrolytes are minerals that carry an electric charge in your body. They’re most famous with regards to hydration—getting enough electrolytes is essential to staying hydrated—but they’re also important for baseline cellular function.
October 25, 2024
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Salt-Based Vs. Plant-Based Electrolytes: Which Is Better?
Most electrolyte drinks and powders use salt-based electrolytes: minerals that are bound to oppositely charged substances to form a neutral, stable compound. Salt-based minerals are inexpensive and easy to produce, which makes them popular with the vast majority of electrolyte producers. But mineral salts also have several downsides that make them an ineffective choice for replenishing electrolytes.
October 14, 2024
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Microminerals: Your Body Needs Them
While these rarer minerals are only present in small amounts, most of them play essential, specialized roles in your body. They’re important for metabolism, cardiovascular health, brain function, and hormone production, and not getting enough of them can have a bigger effect on your daily performance than you might expect.
September 30, 2024
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Hashimoto’s and Minerals: Supporting Your Thyroid
If you’re dealing with thyroid issues, minerals can be a huge help. Your thyroid is one of the most mineral-intensive organs in your body. It uses a huge amount of minerals in the production and distribution of thyroid hormones.
September 16, 2024
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BEAM Minerals: Sourcing & Sustainability
Our supplements are derived from humate, a mineral-rich component of ancient rainforest soil. Humate forms over millions of years, as freshwater plants decompose and deposit their nutrients into the soil. Over time, the minerals in those plants aggregate into a black crystalline substance. That substance is humate, and it’s one of the most mineral-dense materials in the world.
August 26, 2024
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Fight Inflammation with Phytonutrients
Phytonutrients are unique substances that come from plants. They’re good for you in a few different ways, but their most powerful feature is their ability to fight chronic inflammation.
August 26, 2024
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Minerals and Mitochondria
Menopause is the largest hormonal shift in a woman’s life. It usually happens between ages 45 and 55, and while it’s a natural part of aging, it’s a difficult time for a lot of women. During menopause your estrogen and progesterone production drops by more than 90%. That can come with a lot of side effects, from hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia to muscle pain and mood swings.
August 21, 2024
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Mineral Balance: Why To Avoid High-Dose Single Minerals
If you’ve used mineral supplements before, there’s a good chance you took high doses of a single mineral—magnesium, calcium, zinc, and so on. It seems like a good idea: if you’re low in something, you can just take a lot of it to replenish your stores, the same way you’d refill the gas tank of your car.
August 21, 2024
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The Power of Minerals: Supporting Autoimmune Conditions
Autoimmunity is taxing on your system, particularly in the case of thyroid conditions like hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. The stress it causes can lead you to deplete your body’s mineral stores more quickly, which may worsen fatigue, pain, trouble sleeping, and other issues common in autoimmune conditions.
August 21, 2024
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The Healing Power of Minerals in Addiction Recovery
This blog dives into the impact of substance use on your body's essential minerals and offers a simple, effective path to replenishment. Keep reading if you’re on a sobriety journey and are seeking to restore health and well-being.
August 21, 2024
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How Full-Spectrum Minerals Benefit Neurodiverse Brains
Not surprisingly, minerals are essential to healthy cognition. They affect your mood, [*] focus, [*] memory, and more. If you’re neurodiverse, minerals become even more important for your brain. Research shows that mineral deficiencies impact a variety of brain challenges, including ADHD, autism, depression, and anxiety.
August 06, 2024
